https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2018.01.007 The present review will introduce the basic concepts of silk-based electronics/optoelectronics including the latest technological advances on the use of silk fibroin in combination with other functional components, with an emphasis on improving the performance of next-generation silk-based materials. It also highlights the patterning of silk fibroin to produce micro/nano-scale features, as well as the functionalization of silk fibroin to impart antimicrobial (i.e. antibacterial) properties.

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in an exciting project applying advanced fiber-based mechanics to understand the eye and prevent blindness. The successful applicant will join an interdisciplinary team of engineers, clinicians and basic scientists at the Laboratory of Ocular Biomechanics of the University of Pittsburgh.

DOI10.22190/FUME180109011C

Prof. Michele Ciavarella, Dr. Antonio Papangelo

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Are you interested in understanding how materials fail and why? Would you like to work in an industrial environment while pushing the boundaries of knowledge?  This is an exciting opportunity to work at  a top 5 UK university for research (REF 2014) and top 3 with leading employers (High Fliers 2017) Use the link below to apply.

From 3D Images to Models - Introduction to Simpleware Software Workshop

Date / Time: Friday, March 2, 2018 / 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Location: Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium    Directions

Fee: Free-to-attend. Pre-registration is required as places are limited 

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DOI: 10.1039/C7RA10619J   RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 52510-52516

The US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 83 new members and 16 foreign members, announced NAE President C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr., today. Among the newly elected NAE members include the following mechanicians and materials scientists:

Anand, Lallit, Warren and Towneley Rohsenow Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For contributions to the development of plasticity for engineering technology: theory, experiment, and computation.

NAE Foreign Members:

Idaho National Laboratory is seeking a post-doctoral researcher  to perform research in developing numerical simulations to understand and predict the flow behavior of diverse particulate (granular) materials. Target applications include feeding and handling systems, including bins, hopper, and augers, as well as existing and future laboratory instruments that can be used to characterize feeding and handling properties.

Energy, Control and Optimization (ECO) https://www.ecolab.tamu.edu/ in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University has two open PhD positions. The research project is about energy conversion in Nano-materials and thin film solar cells. Candidates should have a strong background and interests in Radiative Heat Transfer, Nano-Materials, Nano fabrication, Computational Methods and Machine Learning. Programming experience in MATLAB or Python is necessary.